[Rarebooks] FS: Chardin, Travels into Persia & East Indies, 1686

[Bob Petrilla]

Chardin, John. THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE
EAST-INDIES: ["the first volume"--those words covered with old paper in
this copy] CONTAINING THE AUTHOR'S VOYAGE FROM PARIS TO ISPAHAN: TO WHICH
IS ADDED, THE CORONATION OF THIS PRESENT KING OF PERSIA, SOLYMAN THE THIRD.
London: Printed for Moses Pitt in Duke-Street, Westminster, 1686. First
Edition in English. pp: (xiii), 417; (i), 154, (6)Table, (5)Index; 14
plates (6 folding). [Pagination of the text jumps from page 264 to 331,
although the catchwords and text are continuous, as in other copies
recorded by OCLC.] Recased and bound in morocco, raised spine bands, gilt
lettering, rules & devices; NYPL Duplicate stamp on verso title and their
six-digit number stamped at foot of title and bastard title; gutter of
title-page worn but intact. 12.75" x 7.5" Good . Morocco.
Our copy lacks three of the 17 plates found in complete copies. Missing are
nos. 6, 9, 13. $900.00

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